Hosiery pairer counter



March 20, 1951 c. w. BURNS 2,545,763

HOSIERY PAIRER COUNTER Filed March 7, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Zhm March 20, 1951 c. w. BURNS 2,545,763

HOSIERY PAIRER COUNTER Filed March 7, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5y lam;

Patented Mar. 20, 1951 UNITED 'H I R I R B QQUN B Charles;W.-Burns;. HickornN.

Application March 7, 1950; ,SerialNo. 148,124

11 Claims.

'l-hisinvention relates to'an improvedcounter apparatus and more especially to a-hosiery-pairer counter, the primary object ofwhich is to provide amanually operable counter comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening'past which a portion of a rotatable disk is adapted to move-as stepbystep rotation is impartedthere- I to through a'manually operable plunger projecting from the cover and the disk having numerals thereon to indicate the number of times the plunger has been depressed by an operator. in counting production items such aspairs ofhose. IIl manufacturing' hosiery, pairs of finished hose are packaged or boxed in specifiedouan- "tities, usually a dozen to a package. Since a considerable number of pairs; of hose are-processedby a single operator in rapid succession, the operator can very easily make an error in count- 4 ing the number of pairs stacked to be packaged 20.: clarity;

or,processed.

It is, therefore, another object of this invention to provide, in a counter of the type heretoiore described, a bell or other signal means automatically operable upon the plunger being depresseda predetermined number of times, say, twelve times, toserveas a warning to the operator that said predetermined number pf pairs of hosiery have been processed.

It is another object. ofthis invention toprovide, in an apparatus of the'type described, means automatically operable, upon the; plunger thereof being depressed a predetermined number of times, to automatically lockthe disk havingthe nu- Inerals' thereon against further step by-step rotation thereof and to lock the-plunger against" being depressed and to, further, provide means fior quickly releasing the locking means to permit' step-by-step rotation to again be imparted to the disk having the numerals thereon as the plunger is depressed in counting the number of 4 ,pairs processed by an operator.

, More. specifically, it is another object of this invention to provide a counter comprising a housing having a cover thereon providedwi th an opening through which a portion of a disk having numerals thereon maybe observed and toprovide a spring loaded. plunger projecting from said cover for manipulation by an operator and having connections between the spring loaded plunger and a ratchet wheel fixed totheqdisk v for imparting step-by step rotation to thedisk. The diskalso is fixedly mounted on a shaft projectingjth 'ough said'cover which has. a' bell or .oth si n ins devi moun edgn and ther of, the cover having a suitable hammer or means substantially ion "for actuating the signaling device upon a revolution bein imparted to the disk and the numerals being arranged in acircle, the-diameter of which 1 is such-that a completez revolution .of' the disk 5 -will complete; a cycle -intheseries ofwnumerals h scriptionproceeds whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawingsin which c-Figure. 1 is .a .topeplan. view. of. the.=.improved .hosierycounter, showing'the hammer for the bell, the indicatingJdisk and: the. locking means therefortin dotted. lines;

1 Eigureaislan invertedplan viewlooking at the l opposite :side; of flthe hosiery counter shown in Figure L, with the bottom .jwall. of the hosiery counter being ..broken away ..for purposes of Figure 73 is a, side; elevation, of the hosiery ount look n atth Q er. si z-li u 11 with t e ho sin brokenaw a so as t ST-10W the p t di pos d-w thin th housi F 4' ane eva ion. looking ata he. po i de ant s l k n at-l ha q twhe du i ioi: i 3

but omitting the side and bottom wallsof the .19u.

ternal. en ineer ma nta n ki s W specifically to thedrawings, .the nurneral zll dlyl de signates a. casing or I housing of :the irnproyed hosierypairer counter andwvhich comprises an endlessfwallzii extending v upwardly fror'n a-l bottoinl 24 preferably cast .in-

r xt ierew Th ut fed e of th end e wall23 has a cover 2 5securedthereon aslby ,screwsi s. :Ifhe endless wall 231 isshaped toconform to thegperiphery ofthe bottorn'zt and the coyer 25, therbottom 2'47 and the ;cover 25 being -.sern. i l t inshgb atopbo e d it e .iarflbe fl t ene !am o sides t e e Tljhe counting rne'chanism, and' the entire 7 Operating ll'ilif Cl'lQlllSlllj, therefor is mounted on the cov lfli- Melm r.. r ,tei i h c v 251 t medial portion of a stub shaft having-an enlarged annular portion 3! integral therewith, the upper surface, in Figures 3 and 4, of which engages the lower surface of the cover 25. A suitable friction washer 32 surrounds the shaft 35 and bears against the upper surface of the cover 25 and is held in frictional en agement therewith by a compression spring 33 encircling the stub shaft 353. The upper end of the compression spring 33 bears against the lower surface of a self-locking nut 34 threadably mounted on the upper portion of the stub shaft 35.

The stub shaft 35 has a restricted threaded upper end portion 36 integral therewith on which a suitable bell Si is fixedly secured as by a cap nut 56 threadably mounted on the'upper end of the restricted threaded portion 35. The bell bears against the shoulder formed by the restricted portion 35 and the lower portion thereof terminates in closely spaced relation to the upper surface of the cover 25., A projection, such as a pin til, is welded to the interior surface of the bell 37 adjacent the lower edge thereof and, upon rotation being imparted to the bell 3'1, in a manner to be presently described, the projection 4| will engage a hammer 52 fixed on one end of a spring wire arm 53. The end of the spring wire arm "53 remote from the hammer 32 is fixedly secured to the upper surface of the cover 25, as by a screw 45 having washers 55 and i! thereon,

the wire 45 encircling the screw 45 between the washers 56 and ill (Figures 3 and 4) It is thus seen that as the bell 37. moves in a clockwise direction from the position shown in Figure l to the position'shown in Figure 6, the projection ill will engage the trailing edge of the hammer 42 flexing the spring wire ii; until the projection 4! will move out of engagement with the hammer 52 thus releasing the hammer 32 to strike the interior surface of the bell 31.

Also fixedly mounted on the shaft 55, as by a self-locking nut 55 threadably mounted on the lower end thereof, is an indicating disk 5| and a ratchet wheel 52. The indicating disk 5! frictionally engages the lower surface of the enlarged annular portion iii of the shaft 35 and the-- ratchet wheel 52 engages the lower surface of the indicating disk 5!. It is evident that the disk 5! and the ratchet wheel 52 may be keyed to the shaft 35 if so desired, the nut 55 serving to fixedly secure the disk 5i and the ratchet wheel 52 on the stub shaft 35.

The cover 25 has an opening 53 therethrough past which the outer portion of the disk 5| passes as step-by-step rotation is imparted thereto in a manner to be presently described. The upper surface of the disk 5! has a plurality of circularly arranged numerals thereon, the number of numerals coinciding with the number of teeth in the ratchet wheel 52 and there preferably being the numerals from 1 to 12 superimposed thereon. The diameter of thecircle formed by the numerals 1 through 12appearing on the upper face of the disk 5| is such that these numerals will successively pass by the opening 53 to be observed by the operator.

The bell 3! and the disk 5i, as well as the ratchet wheel 52, are adjusted relative to each other about the shaft 35 so the highest numeral appearing on the disk 5 I which is the numeral 12 in this instance, will be visible through the opening 53 in the cover 25 immediately following the time at which the projection M on the bell 31 moves out of engagement with the hammer 42 so the hammer 42 will strike the bell 31 at precisely the time that the numeral 12 appears at the opening as a warning to the operator.

The indicating disk 55 has a notch 55 cut in its periphery and this notch 55 is so positioned on the disk 5! relative to the highest numeral 12 and the projection 5| on the bell 3? so as to be engaged by a locking means comprising the free end of a dog 55 as the disk 5! moves in a clockwise direction in Figures 1, 6 and '7. The dog 56 has a longitudinally extending slot 5'! therein which is slidably penetrated by a screw 55, the screw 65 also slidably penetrating a washer Bi and holding the dog 55 in sliding engagement with the washer 5i The screw 55 is threadably embedded and then staked in the top 25 of the housing 25.

The dog '55 is normally urged toward the center of the housing 25 by a tension spring 52 connected, as at 53, to the dog 55 adjacent its slot 5i and connected at its other end, as at 54, to the bottom surface of the cover 25 of the housing 25. The tension spring 52 also urges the free end of the dog 55 into engagement with the peripheral edge of the indicating disk 5i and causes the free end thereof to enter the notch 55 provided therefor in the disk 5* thus restricting rotation of the disk 5! until the dog 55 is moved in a partial clockwise direction in Figure 6 to the position shown in Figure '7, by means of a pin 55 projecting upwardly therefrom. The cover 25 has an opening 55 therein through which the pin 65 extends so as to be accessible to the operator.

Now, as the notch 55 of the disk 5! moves into engagement with the free end of the dog 55, the dog 55 is moved in the direction of rotation of the disk 5! until the wall of the slot 5? therein nearest the free end thereof engages the screw 55. This will restrict further rotation of the disk 58 until the locking means is released by an operator grasping the upwardly projecting pin 55 and moving the same from left to right in Figure 6 or to the position shown'in Figure 7',

at which time the spring 52 will urge the dog 55 upwardly, in Figure 7, or in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the disk 5! with the result that, upon the pin 65 being re leased by the operator, the free end of the dog 55 will engage the periphery of the disk 5! adjacent the notch 55 and will fail to enter the notch This permits the disk 5i to again be rotated in a step-by-step manner for a complete revolution in a manner to be presently described.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, it will be observed that the cover 25 has a projection '56 integral therewith and projecting downwardly therefrom which is threaded for reception of a shoulder screw "H having a washer l2 slidably mounted thereon. The washer i2 is engaged at its upper surface by an oscillatable arm '63 and holds the arm '53 against the lower surface of the projection '55. The projection 55 is encircled by a torsion spring "i i, the end adjacent the lower surface of the cover 25 being bent inwardly, as at 75, and engaging a second projection ll extending from the lower surface of the cover 25. The lower end of the tension spring i iis bent downwardly and outwardly, as at 55, and engages a downwardly and outwardly projecting portion 8! of the oscillatable pawl arm l5.

The pawl arm 75 has a ratchet pawl 52 oscil latably mounted thereon, as at 53, the free end of which is urged against the teeth of the ratchet wheel 52 by a tension spring 5 3. The tension spring 84 is connected at one end to a portion of the ratchet patvlf 82 "remote from" its I free end and the "other end' of the tension"spring -8 4f is "suitably connected tothepawl' arin '13. The fleft -handend ofthe' paw'l arin, in-Figures 2*an'd 3; is" urged by the torsion spring '14 against the 1 vertical 'leg'of a substantially L shaped' cam member 38, the substantially vertical leg of *which 1 ispivotally connected, as by a shonlde'r "screw 89,120 a third downwardlyextending lug or'projection' 90- integ'ral-with the cover-25. The tors'ionsprin'g l4 urgesthe left-hand or free end "of the i L-shap'ed' cam" member 88, iii-Figure *5, '-into-' engagement With'a suhstantially' circular endportion '9 l' of abrake leverf92. V

The-brake 1ever92 'is 'os'cillata hlymounted intermediate its ends-on a' screw 95, threadably e'mbedded in the projection ligand-its 'endren iote' from the-substantially circular portion 5| extends beyond the peripheral edge 'of thedisk 5i aid has a suitable "friction liner" 96 adhesively "applied theretofor' purposes to be presentlyde scribed.

Projecting upwardly from the substantially "circular-portion5i ofthebrake l'ever 92 isa plunger't'i, the cover iiii having afslot I90 therein which also eirtends through a"-fourth"projec 'tion H31 on the'lowe'rsur-face of the cover and whichslot' Edi? is looselypehetratedby the plunger-9'='. The-plungertl hasa'finger cap onthe upper end thereof *whi'ch-is a'dapted'to be engaged*by the forefinger of an operator for movihgthe'plun'gert'i downwardly from' the position-shown in Figure '3 to the position shown in i Figure 4.

Theplu'nger 9?- is returned from theposition circular portion SI of the brake-lever efto bear "against the lower surface of the projectionit! on-th'e'cover' 25.

lt'is -thus'seen that-upon anoperator-moving "the plunger '57- from the position shownin Figare 3 to that shown in Figure 4: and, pr'esuming the'freeend of the locking dog- 56 to be insubstahtially the position shown in Figures 1,-2-01" 7, 3 the sut'staanany circular portion" 9 l of the brake ;'lever" 52 will cause'the-L-shaped cammember 83 to'- move in a counterclockwise direction, in Fi'gure 5, thus'transniitting movement in apartially clockwise direction to the pawl carrying arm 75 and its-associated pawl'82 in- Figure 2. -The p'awl'82-wil1then'impart a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel'52 as well as the other parts fi'Xed' on the stub shaft 3%, including the disk 5! *and" the bell-3'! (Figure 4). g

The lengthof stroke of the plunger 9?- is restricted due to' the fact that the friction liner 95 at the'end of brake lever'82 remote from the substantially circular portion 9|, vil1- engage the lower surfa-ce'of thedisk' 5l thus braking the 'disk5l andpreventing the disk 5l from continuing rotation beyond the stroke imparted thereto by the -pawl 82. The stroke of the pawl 82 is such" as to move the equivalent of one of the teethin the ratchet wheel 52. The operator continues tamanipulate the plunger 91 by re- "peatedly'depressing the'fing'er cap Hi2 and then releasing the same to permit the parts to "return to the position shown'in Figure 3,in" the manner heretofore described, until the notch 55 in the periphery of the disk 5 I moves into engagement "with the free end of 'thedog 5t tdmove'the' saine from the position shown in"Figure 2"to' the pos'isaid shaft, spring means fixed on'saidcover and bearing against the sound "emittingmeans and "means: on saidsound'emitting means forengag- 'zng and fiexingsaid'spring means and for res'ion" of sound from the sound emitting means at andthelike comprising a'housing having a cover tionshiown" in igure '6 irithe manner heretofore "described This will prevent 'further rotation of the disk-5lat the sametinie thatthe projection on the inner surface of'the bell 3 1 causes the "ham-mer fl to strike the -bell""3"| to'indicateto scribed, to repeat the cycle of operation of the.

apparatus. "It mightbestated" that the friction material 32 is provided along with the compression-spring 33'and'the' nut 34' (Figures 4, 6 and '7) to resist rotationof thestubshaft 34 and 'the parts mountedther'eo n' during the interim in which the dog 56 is not in engagement with the notch-55 and during-which time the counter may not be in use.

It isthus seen that there is provided animproved' counting mechanism having'means'thereon'for indicating, visually, to the operator the quantity of items processed as well as'simultaneously sounding a warning and preventing the depressing of the plunger 9 upon a desired'number of pairs of hose'or other items being processed.

In the drawings'and specification, therehas been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms 'are' employed, they are used in a generic'and descriptive sense only, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. An improved counter for indicating a, predetermined quantity of items as they 'arefprocessed comprising a housing provided Witli'a cover having at least one opening therein, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, an indicating disk fixedly mounted on said shaft within the housing and having a' series of numerals thereon, said numerals being arranged in a circle, the radius of each of said circularly arrangednumeral appearing thereon, sound emitting means fixed on leasing said spring means for causing theemisprecisely the time thata predetermined numeral on'said disk registers with said opening in the cover.

'2.An improved oounterfor "counLing hosiery provided with" an opening, a, shaft 'rotatably "mounted in 'said'cover, adisk fixedly mounted on "said shaft and having numerals thereon adapted to suocessivelyr'e'gister withsaid 0pen- 'ing 'in the 'cover upon movement of the disk, m'eans'forimparting' step-by-step"rotation to the "disk comprising" a" ratchet wheel'fixedl mounted "on said shaft, a pawl carrying" arm oscillatably mounted'on said cover; spring "means normally urging said pawl carrying] arm" away from the 'ratch'etwheel; a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mounted'on' one'end' ofs'aid pawl "carrying arm andbeing adapted" tof bemovedinto engagement Witntheratchet wheel, a substanti'a'ny L-shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at its end remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to said cover and a plunger adapted to engage the L-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto and to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon.

3. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said cover, a disk fixedly mounted on said shaft and having circularly arranged numerals thereon adapted to successively register with said opening in the cover, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl arm oscillatably mounted on said cover, spring means normally urging said pawl carrying arm awa from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawloscillata'bly mounted on one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel, a substantially L- naped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at its end remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to cover, a

plunger adapted to engage the L -shaped member,

for imparting partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, a brake lever integral with the plunger and being oscillatably mounted on the cover, and a friction liner fixed on the brake lever and adapted to be moved into engagement with the disk as the plunger is moved manually in transmitting a step in rotation to the disk to restrict rotation of said disk beyond the point to which it is rotated by the pawl engaging the ratchet Wheel.

4. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said cover, a disk fixedly mounted on said shaft and having circularly arranged numerals thereon adapted to successively register with said opening in the cover, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl arm oscillatably mounted on said cover and spring means normally urging said pawl carrying arm away from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mounted on one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel, a substantially L-shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at the end remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to said cover, a plunger adapted to engage the L-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, looking means for restricting further rotation of said disk upon a revolution being imparted thereto comprising said disk having a notch in its periphery located in a predetermined relation to the numerals appearing on the disk, a dog adapted to engage the periphery of said disk and to move into engagement with said notch upon a revolu 7 tion being completed by the disk, said dog having a longitudinally extending slot therein and means slidably penetrating said slot whereby, upon the notch of said disk engaging the free end of said dog, the wall of said slot adjacent the free end of the dog will be moved into engagement withthe means slidably penetrating same, to cause the dog to lock the disk in position, means projecting from said dog and adapted to be engaged by an operator for moving said dog out of engagement with said notch and spring means urging said dog in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the disk to move the wall of the slot remote from the free end of said dog into engagement with the means slidably penetrating the same to, thus prevent the dog from again moving into said notch in the periphery of the disk until a succeeding revolution has been imparted thereto.

5. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said cover, a disk fixedly mounted on said shaft and having circularly arranged numerals thereon adapted to successively register "with said opening in the cover, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl arm oscillatably mounted on said cover and spring means normally urging said pawl carrying arm away from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mounted on one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel, a substantially L- shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at theend remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to said cover, a plunger adapted to engage the L-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, locking means for restricting further r0- tation of said disk upon a revolution being imparted thereto comprising said disk having a notch in its periphery located in a predetermined relation to the numerals appearing on the disk,

' a dog adapted to engage the periphery of said disk and to move into engagement with said notch upon a revolution being completed by the disk, said dog having a longitudinally extending slot therein and means slidably penetrating said slot whereby, upon the notch of said disk engaging the free end of said dog, the wall of said slot adjacent the free end of the dog will be moved into engagement with the means slidably penetrating same, to cause the dog to lock the disk in position, means projecting from said dog and adapted to be engaged by an operator for moving said dog out of engagement with said notch and spring means urging said dog in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the disk to move the wall of the slot remote from the free end of said dog into engagement with the means slidably penetrating the same to thus prevent the dog from again moving into said notch in the periphery of the disk until a succeeding revolution has been imparted thereto, and a bell fixedly mounted on said shaft, a projection integral with said bell and a spring loaded hammer engaging the inner periphery of said bell and being secured to the housing, said projection on the bell being positioned in a predetermined relationto thenumerals appearing on said,disk, which is also fixed on the shaft, whereby, upon step-,by-step rotation being imparted to the shaft having thedisk thereon and the bell thereon, the projection on theinnerisurface. of said-bell will engage and. move the spring loaded hammer away from the bell and upon 'a Succeeding step inrotation being transmitted to the shaft, the; projection on the bell will move out of engagement with the hammer thus releasing the same and permitting the sameto strike the interior surface of the bell causing resonance thereof.

6. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housinghavinga cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said; cover, a disk fixedly mounted onsaid shaft and having circularly arrangednumerals thereon adapted to successively register with said opening in the cover, means-for impart:

ing Step by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl arm oscillatahly mounted on said cover and spring means normally urging said pawl carrying; arm away from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mountedon one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagementwith the ratchet wheel, a substantially L-shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at theend remote from the spring loaded pawland being pivotally connected to said cover, a plunger adapted to engage the k-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, lcckingmeans forrestricting further rotation of said disk upon a revolution being imparted thereto comprising said disk having a notch in its periphery located in a predetermined relationto the numerals appearing on thedisk, a dogadapted to engage the periphery of said disk and to move into engagement with said notch upon a revolution being completed by the disk, said dog havinga longitudinally extending slot therein and means slidably penetrating said slot whereby, upon the notch of said disk engaging the free end of said dog, the wall of said slot adjacent the free end of the dog will be moved into engagement with the means slidably penetrating same, to cause the dog to lock the disk in position, means projecting from said dog and adapted to be engaged by an operator for movingsaid dog out of engagementwith said notch and spring means urging said dog in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the disktomove the wall of the slot remote from the free end of said dog into engagement with the means slidably penetrating the same to thus prevent the dog from again moving into said notch in the periphery of the disk until a succeeding revolution has been imparted thereto, and friction means for retarding rotation of said disk comprising an enlarged annular portion of said shaft adapted to slidably and frictionally engage one side of said cover, a friction washer surrounding said shaft and engaging the opposite side of said cover from that which is engaged by the annular portion of said shaft and spring means urging the friction washer into engagement with the corresponding surface of the cover.

'7. An improved counter comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and having a disk monnted thereon provided with aplurality of numerals, adapted to successively registenTwith said 7 opening, manually operable, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to, the disk, means for locking and restricting further rotation of the disk. upon a revolution being imparted thereto and cooperating means" responsive to the rotation of-the diskto emit awarning signal at,precisely the timelthatrotation of the disk. is prevented by the' locking means, said warningmeans comprising a bellfixed on said shaft andhavinga projection on the, inner surface thereof disposed closely adjacentthe cover, a spring loaded harnmer adapted to engage the interiorsurfacelofsaid bell whereby as step-by-step rotation isimparted to said disk, like'rotation will be impartedtothe bell and the projectionthereon willengageand move the spring-loaded hammer out of engage ment withthe-bell and, upon a succeeding step in rotation. being imparted to the bell and the disk, the projection will move out of engagement with the spring loaded hammer to thusrelease the same, causing the same to strike the bell and to causeresonance thereof.

8. An improved counter comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and havinga disk v mounted thereon provided with a plurality of numerals adapted to successivelyregisterwith said opening, manually operable means for liil: parting step-by-steprotationto the disk, means for locking and-restricting further, rotation of the disk upon a revolution; being imparted thereto and cooperating means responsive to rotation of the disk to emit a warning signal atpreclisely the time that rotation of the disk is prevented by the locking means, said cooperating means for emitting a warning signal comprising a bell fixedly mounted on said shaft, a prQjeQtion integral-with said-bell and a spring loaded hammer engaging the inner periphery of said bell and being secured tothe housing, said projectionon the bell being positioned in a predeterminedrelation to the numerals appearing on saidldisk, whichis, also. fixed on the shaft, whereby, upon step-by-step rotation being imparted to the shaft having the disk thereon and the bellthereon, the projection on the inner surface ofsaidi bell will engage and move the spring loaded hammeraway from the bell and, upon a succeeding step in rotation being transmitted to the shaft, thelprojection on the bell willmove out of engagement with the hammer thus releasing the same and permitting the same to strike the interior surface of the bell causing resonance thereof.

9. 'An improved counter comprising a housing having acover provided with anlope'ning, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing'and havinga disk mounted thereon provided with a plurality of numerals adapted to successively register with said opening, manually operable means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk, means for locking and restricting further rotation of the disk upon a revolution being imparted thereto and cooperating means responsive to the rotation of the disk to emit a warning signal at precisely the time that rotation of the disk is prevented by the locking means, said warning means comprising a bell fixed on said shaft and having a projection on the inner surface thereof disposed closely adjacent the cover, a spring loaded hammer adapted to engage the interior surface of said bell whereby as step-by-step rotation is imparted to said disk, like rotation will be imparted to the bell and the projection thereon will engage and :move the spring loaded hammer out of engagement with the bell and, upon a succeeding step in rotation being imparted to the bell and the disk, the projection will move out of engagement with the spring loaded hammer to thus release the same, causing the same to strike the bell and to cause resonance thereof, and friction means for retarding rotation of said disk comprising an enlarged annular portion of said shaft adapted to slidably and frictionally engage one side of said cover, a friction washer surroundin said shaft and engaging the opposite side of said cover from that which is engaged by the annular portion of said shaft and spring means urging the friction washer into engagement with the corresponding surface of the cover.

10. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said cover, a disk fixedly mounted on said shaft and having numerals thereon adapted to successively register with said opening in the cover upon movement of the disk, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl carrying arm oscillatably mounted on said cover, spring means normally urging said pawl carrying arm away from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mounted on one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel, a substantially L-shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at its end remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to said cover and a plunger adapted to engage the L-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto and to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, said sound emitting means comprising a bell fixedly mounted on said shaft, a projection integral with said bell and a spring loaded hammer engaging the inner periphery of said bell and being secured to the housing, said projection on the bell being positioned in a predetermined relation to the numerals appearing on said disk, which is also fixed on the shaft, whereby, upon step-by-step rotation being imparted to the shaft having the disk thereon and the bell thereon, the projection on the inner surface of said bell will engage and move the spring loaded hammer away from the bell and, upon a succeeding step in rotation bein transmitted to the shaft, the projection on the bell will move out of engagement with the ham mer thus releasing the same and permitting the same to strike the interior surface of the bell causing resonance thereof.

11. An improved counter for counting hosiery and the like comprising a housing having a cover provided with an opening, a shaft rotatably mounted in said cover, a disk fixedly mounted on said shaft and having numerals thereon adapted to successively register with said opening in the cover upon movement of the disk, means for imparting step-by-step rotation to the disk comprising a ratchet Wheel fixedly mounted on said shaft, a pawl carrying arm oscillatably mounted on said cover, spring mean normally urging said pawl carrying arm away from the ratchet wheel, a spring loaded ratchet pawl oscillatably mounted on one end of said pawl carrying arm and being adapted to be moved into engagement with the ratchet wheel, a substantially L-shaped cam member slidably engaging the pawl carrying arm at its end remote from the spring loaded pawl and being pivotally connected to said cover and a plunger adapted to engage the L-shaped member for imparting partial rotation thereto and to, in turn, transmit partial rotation to the pawl carrying arm with its pawl thereon to cause the pawl to engage and transmit a step in rotation to the ratchet wheel and the disk having the numerals thereon, and friction means for retarding rotation of said disk comprising an enlarged annular portion of said shaft adapted to slidably and frictionally engage one side of said cover, a friction washer surrounding said shaft and engaging the opposite side of said cover from that which is engaged by the annular portion of said shaft and spring means urging the friction washer into engagement with the corresponding surface of the cover.

CHARLES W. BURNS.

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